Priority is claimed under 35 U.S.C. § 119 to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2013-0128212, filed Oct. 28, 2013, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The Embodiments relate to an antenna apparatus, and more particularly to an antenna apparatus capable of causing a high-frequency band and a low-frequency band to become broad bands.
Mobile communication subscribers are annually increasing and mobile communication technologies are also developing. A mobile communication device uses recently Long Term Evolution (LTE) as well as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA). Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) as a mobile communication standard. The mobile communication device also uses Global Positioning System (GPS) and Wi-Fi.
The mobile communication device like a smartphone prefers a built-in antenna to an external antenna. The built-in antenna includes an inverted F antenna, a Planar inverted F antenna, an Inverted L antenna, and a Planar inverted L antenna, etc.
Further, the smartphone is required to process signals from various frequency bands according to a trend of the multi-functionality. Therefore, there is a necessity for the smartphone to be optimized for a low-frequency signal and a high-frequency signal and to minimize the transmission loss of the signal in the transmission/reception of the signal.
One embodiment is an antenna apparatus that includes; a radiating metal; a first impedance which is connected between the radiating metal and a ground, has an impedance value which is changed depending on a frequency, and resonates in response to a predetermined frequency, so that an open-circuit occurs between the radiating metal and the ground; and a second impedance which is connected between the radiating metal and the ground, has an impedance value which is changed depending on a frequency, and resonates in response to the predetermined frequency, so that a short-circuit occurs between the radiating metal and the ground (GND).
A first inductor and a first capacitor of the first impedance are connected in parallel to each other.
A second inductor and a second capacitor of the second impedance are connected in series to each other.
The first impedance becomes an inductor component in response to a signal having a frequency less than the predetermined frequency. The second impedance becomes a capacitor component in response to a signal having a frequency less than the predetermined frequency. The inductor component and the capacitor component resonate at the signal having a frequency less than the predetermined frequency.
The first impedance becomes a capacitor component in response to a signal having a frequency greater than the predetermined frequency. The second impedance becomes an inductor component in response to a signal having a frequency greater than the predetermined frequency. The capacitor component and the inductor component resonate at the signal having a frequency greater than the predetermined frequency.
The antenna apparatus includes a third impedance and a fourth impedance which are connected in series to the radiating metal. The third impedance is opened in response to the predetermined frequency. The fourth impedance is short-circuited in response to the predetermined frequency.
A third inductor and a third capacitor of the third impedance are connected in parallel to each other.
A fourth inductor and a fourth capacitor of the fourth impedance are connected in series to each other.
The third impedance becomes an inductor component in response to a signal having a frequency less than the predetermined frequency. The fourth impedance becomes a capacitor component in response to a signal having a frequency less than the predetermined frequency. The inductor component and the capacitor component resonate at the signal having a frequency less than the predetermined frequency.
The third impedance becomes a capacitor component in response to a signal having a frequency greater than the predetermined frequency. The fourth impedance becomes an inductor component in response to a signal having a frequency greater than the predetermined frequency. The capacitor component and the inductor component resonate at the signal having a frequency greater than the predetermined frequency.
The following detailed description of the present invention shows a specified embodiment of the present invention and will be provided with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiment will be described in enough detail that those skilled in the art are able to embody the present invention. It should be understood that various embodiments of the present invention are different from each other and need not be mutually exclusive. For example, a specific shape, structure and properties, which are described in this disclosure, may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention with respect to one embodiment. Also, it should be noted that positions or placements of individual components within each disclosed embodiment may be changed without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the following detailed description is not intended to be limited. If adequately described, the scope of the present invention is limited only by the appended claims of the present invention as well as all equivalents thereto. Similar reference numerals in the drawings designate the same or similar functions in many aspects.
Hereafter, an impedance matching circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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In the antenna apparatus 100, a signal belonging to a low frequency band and a signal belonging to a high frequency band may resonate in one radiating metal 110. Also, in the antenna apparatus 100, two radiating metals 110 may transmit and receive the signal belonging to the low frequency band and the signal belonging to the high frequency band, respectively. In order that the signal belonging to the low frequency band and the signal belonging to the high frequency band may resonate in the radiating metal 110, the first impedance 120 and the second impedance 130 may be connected in parallel between the radiating metal 110 and the ground (GND). The impedance value of each of the first impedance 120 and the second impedance 130 may be changed in response to the frequency of the signal which is transmitted to the radiating metal 110. Also, each of the first impedance 120 and the second impedance 130 may resonate in response to a predetermined frequency.
When a signal having a predetermined frequency is transmitted to and received from the radiating metal 110, the first impedance 120 and the second impedance 130 may resonate in response to the predetermined frequency respectively. When the transmitted/received signal resonates in the first impedance 120, the impedance value of the first impedance 120 may increase infinitely, and when the transmitted/received signal resonates in the second impedance 130, the impedance value of the second impedance 130 may become 0. When the impedance value of the first impedance 120 becomes infinite and the impedance value of the second impedance 130 becomes 0, the radiating metal 110 of the antenna apparatus 100 may be, as shown in
When the signal belonging to a high frequency band having a frequency greater than the predetermined frequency is transmitted to and received from the radiating metal 110, the first impedance 120 of the antenna apparatus 100 may, as shown in
Also, when the signal belonging to a low frequency band having a frequency less than the predetermined frequency is transmitted to and received from the radiating metal 110, the first impedance 120 of the antenna apparatus 100 may, as shown in
The impedance component value of each of the first impedance 120 and the second impedance 130 may change in response to the signal which is transmitted to and received from the radiating metal 110. Therefore, the impedance values of the first impedance 120 and the second impedance 130 when the signal belonging to the high frequency band is transmitted to and received from the radiating metal 110 may be different from those of the first impedance 120 and the second impedance 130 when the signal belonging to the low frequency band is transmitted to and received from the radiating metal 110. Although one first impedance 120 and one second impedance 130 are shown, a plurality of the first impedances 120 and a plurality of the second impedances 130 may be provided without being limited to this.
The impedance component values of the first impedance 120 and the second impedance 130 may be changed according to the frequency of the signal which is transmitted to and received from the radiating metal 110. Therefore, the signal may resonate both when the signal belonging to the high frequency band is transmitted to and received from the radiating metal 110 by the first impedance 120 and the second impedance 130 and when the signal belonging to the low frequency band is transmitted to and received from the radiating metal 110 by the first impedance 120 and the second impedance 130. For example, the low frequency band signal resonating in the radiating metal 110 may have 850 MHz and the high frequency band signal resonating in the radiating metal 110 may have 1850 MHz. Also, the predetermined frequency may use the average frequency of the frequency of the low frequency band signal and the frequency of the high frequency band signal. However, there is no limit to this. A frequency close to the average frequency of the frequency of the low frequency band signal and the frequency of the high frequency band signal can be used. For example, when the frequency of the low frequency band signal is 850 MHz and the frequency of the high frequency band signal is 1850 MHz, the predetermined frequency may be 1250 MHz.
In the embodiment, in the first impedance 120, an inductor L11 and a capacitor C11 may be connected in parallel to each other. In the second impedance 130, an inductor L21 and a capacitor C21 may be connected in series to each other.
Therefore, the antenna apparatus 100 can resonate in response to the high frequency hand signal and can resonate in response to the low frequency band signal, thereby causing the high frequency band signal and the low frequency band signal to have a broader band.
When a signal having a frequency between 700 MHz and 2300 MHz is transmitted to and received from the radiating metal 110 shown in
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The antenna apparatus 200 shown in
When a signal having a predetermined frequency is transmitted to and received from the radiating metal 210, the impedance value of the third impedance 240 increases infinitely by resonance and the impedance value of the fourth impedance 250 becomes 0 by resonance, so that the antenna apparatus 200 may be represented as shown in
When the signal belonging to a high frequency band having a frequency greater than the predetermined frequency is transmitted to and received from the radiating metal 210, the first impedance 220 and the third impedance 240 may have a capacitor component “CH2” and a capacitor component “CH3” respectively, and the second impedance 230 and the fourth impedance 250 may have an inductor component “LH2” and an inductor component “LH3” respectively, so that the antenna apparatus 200 may be represented as shown in
When the signal belonging to a low frequency band having a frequency less than the predetermined frequency is transmitted to and received from the radiating metal 210, the first impedance 220 and the third impedance 240 may have inductor components, and the second impedance 230 and the fourth impedance 250 may have capacitor components, so that the antenna apparatus 200 may be represented as shown in
In the embodiment, in the third impedance 240, an inductor L31 and a capacitor C31 may be connected in parallel to each other. In the fourth impedance 250, an inductor L41 and a capacitor C41 may be connected in series to each other. Also, the low frequency band signal may have 850 MHz and the high frequency band signal may have 1850 MHz. Also, the predetermined frequency may be 1250 MHz.
Therefore, the antenna apparatus 100 can resonate in response to the high frequency band signal and can resonate in response to the low frequency band signal, thereby causing the high frequency band signal and the low frequency band signal to have a broader band.
In the above description, although all of the first, second, third and fourth impedances 220, 230, 240 and 250 are connected to the radiating metal 210, there is no limit to this. Only the first and second impedances 220 and 230 may be connected to the radiating metal 210, or only the third and fourth impedances 240 and 250 may be connected to the radiating metal 210.
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Also, here, although the antenna apparatus has been described based on an Inverted L antenna, the antenna apparatus is not limited to this.
The features, structures and effects and the like described in the embodiments are included in at least one embodiment of the present invention and are not necessarily limited to one embodiment. Furthermore, the features, structures, effects and the like provided in each embodiment can be combined or modified in other embodiments by those skilled in the art to which the embodiments belong. Therefore, contents related to the combination and modification should be construed to be included in the scope of the present invention.
Although embodiments of the present invention were described above, these are just examples and do not limit the present invention. Further, the present invention may be changed and modified in various ways, without departing from the essential features of the present invention, by those skilled in the art. For example, the components described in detail in the embodiments of the present invention may be modified. Further, differences due to the modification and application should be construed as being included in the scope and spirit of the present invention, which is described in the accompanying claims.
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